So if I understand correctly, you basically bid until you reach the actual discounted price and the winner is the one who were lucky to place their bid at the right time to reach the actual discounted price?

This is correct

So if I am understanding this correctly the actual Price of each product will be in the range of 10 to 90% below the regular Price.

So as the first bid always starts at 1€ this would mean for any product over 20€ regular Price the first bid will be a guaranteed loss.

In fact any bid until you get in the 10-90% discount range will be a guaranteed loss.

So if everyone actually wants the product the bidding war should never start because if you are not doing it "just for fun" why should you ever place a bid?

I would say the first bid should start at the -90% point not at 1€ so every bid at least has a theoretical chance of winning.

Can a Mac computer be used to upgrade firmware of the Club Sport V2.5 Wheel Base (as opposed to a windows PC)?

Sorry for replying to an off-topic question, but Google is awfully silent when it comes to Fanatec and Mac and I want this information to be out there.

/rant

Strangely enough there is no native app to upgrade on Mac. A decade ago I could have understood, but developing for both platforms simultaneously and crosscompiling is easy these days, so having a simple Mac app that upgrades the firmware shouldn't be that hard to develop and maintain. Not sure why Fanatec chooses to not create such app; it cannot be much of an investment.

/rant

That said... Yes, there is a way to upgrade your wheel base on Mac!

Here are instructions on how to do it completely for free and legally, without having to repartition your Mac or buy Windows. @Thomas: feel free to add this info to the manual or download section.

Now you have Windows up and running on your Mac in a virtual machine. In Windows, follow the regular procedure for PC users to download and upgrade to the latest firmware. Once you are done you can quit the VirtualBox app.

I have subcribe me on the auction letter but i did not receive any mail. I have continue watch the site and only missed 20 minutes and te auction was started en closed within 10 minutes. I am waiting for the PS4 bundle but unfortunately I am afraid that is will missed this one. How can we solved this? Or do you also offer a special bundle christmas price for the PS4 bundle like black friday? Please let me know. Kind regards, Gertjan

That's sounds strange... I just sent you a PM to check what can be happening.

Unfortunately I have the exact same problem as Gertjan, already checked my spam folder but no mails regarding the advert calendar, I'm missing out on all the deals .

For me, I really dislike this system. The 3rd day Formula wheel was gone in under 40 seconds. Thats ridiculous especially considering how random and unpredictable this system is. Id rather see a simple raffle. You show the item and the price it will go for. People can enter the raffle, after X time (2 hours?) the system picks a winner, winner pays for the item, voila. Just as much of a chance thing as now but much more fair to the people who dont have time to sit behind their screen and press bid in the hope they, within 40 seconds, hit bid at the right time.

So if I understand correctly, you basically bid until you reach the actual discounted price and the winner is the one who were lucky to place their bid at the right time to reach the actual discounted price?

This is correct

So if I am understanding this correctly the actual Price of each product will be in the range of 10 to 90% below the regular Price.

So as the first bid always starts at 1€ this would mean for any product over 20€ regular Price the first bid will be a guaranteed loss.

In fact any bid until you get in the 10-90% discount range will be a guaranteed loss.

So if everyone actually wants the product the bidding war should never start because if you are not doing it "just for fun" why should you ever place a bid?

I would say the first bid should start at the -90% point not at 1€ so every bid at least has a theoretical chance of winning.

I think this situation is avoided by the fact that there is a end time. If nobody bids over the 6€ bid before the end of the auction, the person with the 6€ bid (or whatever amount under the guaranteed discount) will win the auction. The guaranteed discount is there to add a luck element and to ensure that people will get a discounted product. Otherwise, chances are that all the auctions will go to 90%-99% of the regular price because there always will be people interested in buying said product even with a very low discount.

Guys. 3 so far and only had one email for 1 of them. It came at 8.15am saying auction starting shortly but see 1st bids showing starting around 14.00. So what time usi g vs UK time please guys just so I can be sure.

Can a Mac computer be used to upgrade firmware of the Club Sport V2.5 Wheel Base (as opposed to a windows PC)?

Sorry for replying to an off-topic question, but Google is awfully silent when it comes to Fanatec and Mac and I want this information to be out there.

/rant

Strangely enough there is no native app to upgrade on Mac. A decade ago I could have understood, but developing for both platforms simultaneously and crosscompiling is easy these days, so having a simple Mac app that upgrades the firmware shouldn't be that hard to develop and maintain. Not sure why Fanatec chooses to not create such app; it cannot be much of an investment.

/rant

That said... Yes, there is a way to upgrade your wheel base on Mac!

Here are instructions on how to do it completely for free and legally, without having to repartition your Mac or buy Windows. @Thomas: feel free to add this info to the manual or download section.

Now you have Windows up and running on your Mac in a virtual machine. In Windows, follow the regular procedure for PC users to download and upgrade to the latest firmware. Once you are done you can quit the VirtualBox app.

Thank you P.M.A Atoon!

Sorry for posting an off topic question but I did not know where else to post the question!

Pretty useless system. I like the idea though and every concept needs finetuning. So maybe we can come up with something better for next year? For me the auction script isn't even loading.

I like the the raffle that was mentioned above. You know the price, and enter for a chance to win. Now the person that has the most time to sit and monitor a website and has the luck of a good connection and no errors gets the item. Maybe even someone wrote a script for it, probably not that hard as there is no "human check"?

Auction start and end times as well as the duration changes daily and it is different in both regions.

So that means I have to monitor the website 24/7?

I thought I had read that it would be between 9am and 9pm, but can not find this now, and as the subscribed too email reminders are not working, then yes it would appear you need to watch page all day or at least between 9am and 9pm.